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First look at Russell Crowe as Sexy Noah, murderer of the Unicorns

The very first image of Russell Crowe as Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is out, and it is hilarious. Playing the beloved bible school character Noah, this furst look at Crowe in his Noah gear has us scratching our heads. We love Aronofsky, but we’re not completely sure we’re ready for a hot, gritty Noah with a…

The most scientifically inaccurate Mars movies ever

This week on the io9 show, we ask why it is that NASA can put a robot on Mars, but Hollywood can’t make any realistic movies about the red planet. We examine the worst Mars movies ever, and special guest Phil Plait (the good astronomer behind the Bad Astronomy blog) helps us figure out how…

Bill & Ted 3 gets the Galaxy Quest director!

We’ve been patiently waiting for third installment of the Bill & Ted series. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have been teasing us for years that they have a script, and now some truly excellent news pushes Bill & Ted 3 closer to a release date. The duo has nabbed a director — and not just…

Why Joss Whedon’s Exclusive Marvel Contract Could Actually Be a Big Deal

You’ve already heard that Joss Whedon was directing Avengers 2 and creating a new Marvel TV series, set in the Avengers universe. So the announcement, a while later, that Whedon had actually signed an exclusive three-year contract to work for Marvel seemed like a minor detail. Except for one thing. https://gizmodo.com/joss-whedon-to-direct-avengers-2-and-develop-a-new-tv-s-5932683 The three year contract,…

Watch the first 10 minutes of The Awakening and witness a 1920s GHOST RAID!

Rebecca Hall and Dominic West star in a new old-timey ghost hunting horror movie, The Awakening. Hall plays the cynic Florence Cathcart, famous ghost hunter and exposer of ghost grifters. But when West shows up with a real ghost problem, well… you know what will happen next. Watch the first 10 minutes of the movie…

This weird scifi short perfectly captures the frustration of dealing with airlines

You know that feeling of dread you experience at the prospect of dealing with an airline rep over the phone? This short film, “Blind Spot,” manages to perfectly capture that growing sense of frustration as you realize you’re never going to get your flight sorted . . . especially when you realize there is actually…

Science Fiction Movie Moments that Made Us Believe In Wonder

This past week, we’ve rekindled our sense of wonder, watching Curiosity land and explore a world millions of miles away. But the best science fiction and fantasy movies have a way of rekindling that same feeling of wonder, with amazing spectacle and powerful visions. We’ve rounded up our favorite goose bump-inducing moments from science fiction.…

New clips from The Odd Life of Timothy Green show the problems with raising a dirt baby

A childless couple grows their perfect son in the backyard after getting drunk, writing down all the qualities they would want in a kid, and burying their thoughts in the garden. Then when a little boy appears in the living room — instead of freaking out that they grew a monster — they decide to…

Check out test footage from the Back To The Future: Part II hoverboard chase

In the 1989 flick Back To The Future: Part II, Marty McFly travels to the far-off year of 2015 and gets roped up in a thrilling Hoverboard chase with a gang of bionic hooligans. But before director Robert Zemeckis could film the scene, the crew practiced their hoverboard stunts in fields and studio lots. Watch…

ALF is getting his own movie

The makers of the hyperactive, self-aware Smurfs movie, are turning their lens to yet another 1980s pop culture staple, ALF. Yes, the hairy survivor of planet Melmac (and cat-eater) is getting his own movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony just purchased the rights to the sitcom. Their plan is to get The Smurfs producer…

Ben Affleck to direct the Justice League movie?

Warner Bros. is desperate to find a way to do a Justice League movie to match Marvel’s Avengers. But now that Christopher Nolan has made it clear he’s not going to be dispensing Justice, who’s going to step up and be Warners’ answer to Joss Whedon? Rumor has it, the answer is Daredevil himself, Ben…

Phew! The ill-advised 48fps Hobbit is going to be in limited release; most theaters will get 24fps after all. [Variety]

Hawkeye isn’t thrilled he spent most of The Avengers as Loki’s meat puppet

A member of The Avengers feels left out! Hawkeye (played by Jeremy Renner) is not thrilled that he spent most of his screen time in The Avengers as a mindless, bow-wielding goon for Loki. The actor told the LA Times that he spent 90% of the movie as a character he didn’t sign on to…

Only select theaters will screen The Hobbit’s insane new high-frame-rate version

The infamous 48 frames-per-second version of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit is only getting a limited release. Are Jackson and Warner Bros. bracing themselves for a big-time backlash? Months ago, Jackson screened the first footage of The Hobbit at a super-high-resolution 48 frames per second, and the response was pretty terrible. Audiences compared the new look to…

Watching a Chinese Bootleg Copy of The Avengers with Subtitles Is Unbelievably Hilarious

Some movies need to be seen in movie theaters, on the biggest screen you can find. Some movies need to be at least seen in home theaters, on the most comfortable couch you own. No movie should be seen using a black market copy with subtitles that butcher the English language like this Avengers movie.…

Concept art for Disney’s Frozen movies shows off our new Snow Queen

Brand new concept art straight from Disney has us chilled for the new “evil ice queen” movie Frozen. Check out the frown on Disney’s latest evil queen — and her fabulous hat! Also in this collection, the Princess Anna and her rogue “mountain man” (also wearing a fantastic hat). Should be interesting. We love anything…

Before They Were Famous: Best Science Fiction Cameos by Today’s Stars

Just about every actor who’s famous today has dabbled in science fiction early in his or her career. You can barely watch late-night reruns of science fiction shows or classic movies without spotting one of today’s A-list actors. (And it turns out Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s first genre role wasn’t Third Rock after all.) Here are the…

Joss Whedon to direct Avengers 2 and develop a new TV show

It’s apparently official: Disney just announced that not only is Joss Whedon returning to The Avengers for a second movie — he’s also developing a Marvel TV show that is set to air on ABC. (Probably in the fall of 2013, at the soonest.) Variety’s Marc Graser tweeted: So we’re guessing that this TV show…

The Magical Video Store Where You Could Rent Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman and Cronenberg’s Return of the Jedi

Many of us fantasize about the movies that never were — the projects that fell through or were consumed by Development Hell. Like David Cronenberg’s versions of Total Recall and Return of the Jedi. But what would you give you could watch all the movies that never existed? In Tim Pratt’s story “Impossible Dreams,” a…

Breakdown of Avengers title sequence reveals Nick Fury’s holster and Black Widow’s stinger

What sort of cool Marvel shout-outs are hiding inside The Avengers’ opening and closing titles? What weapons and character staples did we missed as they flashed by the big screen? An excellent recap of the entire sequence reveals a few new glances at some iconic S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent toys, plus Avengers costume close ups. Art of…